Report: New Apple TV Won't Launch Before 2015

For over a year, rumors have run rampant that Apple TV will get a revolutionary relaunch in 2014. But now, The Information reports, we may not see that new device until at least 2015 due to complications with ongoing content negotiations.

The next Apple TV, according to a "person familiar with the plans," is said to include major new features such as games, Siri voice control, and subscription packages that could replace cable services. These ambitious additions are thought to contribute to the delay, along with content-negotiation complications caused by the as-of-yet unfinished merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

"On the content side, cable executives and TV programmers say Apple has bit off more than it can chew and deny they’re the holdup," the report says. "They say Apple needs permission from multiple types of rights holders to create the service it wants to offer." Apple, the report says, claims cable companies are "dragging their heels."

Apple must be used to these delays by now. About a year ago, the Cupertino company was said to be in the final stages of a deal with Time Warner cable to bring live programming to Apple TV, but that plan dissolved when the cable giant announced it would be acquired by Comcast. In response, Apple shifted its attention to Comcast.